UK PREMIERE BROADCASTS
1963 – 4.50pm – Fireball XL5 – Space Vacation (ATV London, Ulster, Westward and Channel)
1966 – 7.00pm – Thunderbirds – The Duchess Assignment (ATV Midlands)
1971 – 8.00pm – UFO – Timelash (Anglia and ATV Midlands)
2000 – 3.50pm – Lavender Castle – Supernova (ITV Network)
FIRST UK REGIONAL SCREENINGS
1963 – 4.50pm – Four Feather Falls – Once A Lawman (Border)
1963 – 4.40pm – Fireball XL5 – The Triads (Tyne Tees)
1963 – 4.50pm – Fireball XL5 – XL5 To H20 (Southern)
1965 – 5.25pm – Stingray – Star Of The East (ATV Midlands)
1965 – 6.05pm – Stingray – An Echo Of Danger (Granada)
1966 – 6.3opm – Thunderbirds – City Of Fire (T.W.W.)
1968 – 5.12pm – Captain Scarlet – Shadow Of Fear (Southern)
1971 – 8.00pm – UFO – Mindbender (Tyne Tees)
1973 – 6.10pm – The Protectors – Triple Cross (Scottish)
OVERSEAS FIRST BROADCASTS
1965 – 6.00pm – Stingray – Invisible Enemy (ABC 3, Canberra, Australia)
1965 – 7.30pm – Stingray – An Echo Of Danger (Fuji Television, Japan)
1978 – 7.30pm – Space:1999 – All That Glisters (CTC 7, Canberra, Australia)
GUEST APPEARANCES IN OTHER TELEVISION SERIES
1966 – 10.40pm – Cyril Shaps appears in The Sentimental Agent on Border Television in the episode Not Quite Fully Covered
1967 – 9.10pm – George Sewell appears in Mr. Rose on Anglia Television in the episode The Bright Bomber
1967 – 10.52pm – John Tate appears in Gideon’s Way on Southern Television in the episode The Lady-Killer
1969 – 10.30pm – Lois Maxwell appears in The Baron on Harlech Television in the episode Something For A Rainy Day
1975 – 9.00pm – Peter Dyneley and John Bluthal appear in The Goodies on BBC 2
TODAYS OTHER NEWS
1965 – Issue 5 of TV Century 21 Comic features a photo of Stingray passing Tracy Island on the front cover
1967 – At a press preview at The Birmingham Boat And Holiday Show held in Bingley Hall, a new canal cruiser is named Lady Penelope
1968 – Charles Tingwell is featured in this weeks TV Times (Feb 17 – Feb 23) Granada Edition
1976 – Filming begins on the Space:1999 episode The Exiles